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MakerDAO Foundation Plots Its Own Demise
4.4.2020
The MakerDAO Foundation is getting serious about its planned obsolescence. A governance call Thursday laid out founder Rune Christensen's three pillars of full decentralization
Stage One of ‘Risky’ EOS Worker Proposal System Approved
26.3.2020
Block producers have approved the first stage of a new system that will allow any EOS account to propose a budget for its project
Ethereum’s ProgPoW Debate Is About Much More Than Mining
5.3.2020
The debate over ProgPoW has become a flashpoint for how Ethereum makes big decisions
Steem Community Mobilizes Popular Vote in Battle With Justin Sun
3.3.2020
The Steem community is striking back after an attempted end-around by Tron founder Justin Sun
Why Crypto Should Care About Justin Sun’s Steem Drama
2.3.2020
The implications reach much further than just Steem or Tron, underlining the fundamental message of the "not your keys, not your crypto" mantra
Ethereum’s DAOs Continue to Gain Momentum
28.2.2020
Ethereum’s largest hackathon in North America, ETHDenver, showcased DAOs for event management and more
WATCH: Zcash Foundation Explains ‘Compromise’ Path to Funding ZEC Development
27.2.2020
We asked the Zcash Foundation's Josh Cincinnati about finding sustainable ways to fund the development of zcash, a privacy-preserving cryptocurrency some view as a public good
Cut the Consensus: You Can’t Run a Business Like a Blockchain
27.2.2020
What works for the technical realm of blockchains does not automatically translate to the running of businesses or social organizations
Compound Extends DeFi Ethos to Itself, Launches Governance Token
26.2.2020
DeFi platform Compound is launching the testnet of a new platform today for decentralizing the site's governance
Justin Sun Bought Steemit. Steem Moved to Limit His Power
25.2.2020
The people who run the Steem blockchain executed a reversible soft fork Sunday, over concerns about Steemit's new owner
On EOS Blockchain, Vote Buying Is Business as Usual
24.2.2020
Buying votes is a big no-no in traditional democracies, but on the world’s eighth-largest blockchain it’s become an accepted way of doing business
Tim Draper Buys 2.5% of Aragon Tokens, Becomes Governance Whale
19.2.2020
Venture capitalist Tim Draper now controls about 2.5 percent of ANT, the token behind Aragon Network’s digital court system
Hedera’s Token Price Spikes Prematurely After Google Cloud Joins the Network’s Governing Council
14.2.2020
The cloud services arm of the Silicon Valley tech giant becomes the 11th member to join the council, but has no plans to further endorse the network
Zcash’s Funding Vote and the Problems With Decentralized Governance
1.2.2020
The zcash community has agreed to continue funding the development of its privacy coin after a months-long – and often contentious – campaign to address imminent funding losses
Roger Ver’s Mining Pool Pulls Support for Bitcoin Cash Dev Fund Over Chain Split Threat
28.1.2020
Ver said he was "mostly just along for the ride," as the parties stepped back from competing hard forks
Bitcoin Cash Miners Propose Controversial Soft Fork for Zcash-Style Development Fund
23.1.2020
The proposed fork will see 12.5 percent of block rewards diverted to a new BCH-specific development fund. Reactions have been mixed
DAO Platform Aragon Begins Recruiting Jurors for Tokenized ‘Court’
7.1.2020
The blockchain-based court system will allow humans to arbitrate on disputes brought forward by ecosystem members
Gemini’s Head of Risk on How Crypto Beats Traditional Finance
7.1.2020
The arc of crypto bends toward regulation, so we might as well be prepared, says Gemini's risk chief and the president of the Virtual Commodities Association, Yusuf Hussain
Japan Hosting World Conference to Discuss Decentralized Financial Governance
26.12.2019
Following the consensus reached at the G20 leaders’ summit on the importance of discussing better governance for the decentralized financial ecosystem, Japan’s top financial regulator is hosting a global blockchain conference to discuss the subject. The regulator is welcoming...
The Many Facts Pointing to Ian Grigg Being Satoshi
20.12.2019
Financial cryptographer. Cypherpunk. Inventor of Ricardian contracts and early utilizer of triple-entry accounting systems, which would later be exemplified in Bitcoin. Ian Grigg may have claimed that Satoshi was a team effort and is now dead, only living on in bitcoiners everywhere, but some seem...